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. 2024 Oct 17;87(4):353–374. doi: 10.1007/s00244-024-01090-w

Table 2.

Summary statistics by Location (above or below lowermost dams) for analytes measured at concentrations > LOD in ≥ 25% (≥ 6) of samples in bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nestling plasma in five river systems in Michigan, one of which is on the Michigan–Wisconsin border, 1999–2013

Analyte  > LOD (n) n Location Median Geo mean Min Max
Σ20PCB 50 74 Above 8.47 9.90 2.00 57.0
57 58 Below 30.6 29.4 2.33 139
Σ12PBDE 10 12 Above 3.96 3.27 1.13 6.50
14 14 Below 5.17 5.49 1.51 24.5
p,p’-DDD 8 12 Above 1.55 1.53 0.557 3.19
12 14 Below 1.88 2.20 0.387 18.2
p,p’-DDE 59 74 Above 3.40 3.09 1.00 12.3
55 58 Below 16.2 14.4 1.07 58.3
Dieldrin 4 12 Above 0.634 0.624 0.474 0.799
4 14 Below 1.28 1.34 1.05 1.98
Alpha-chlordane 2 12 Above 0.663 0.454 0.180 1.15
4 12 Below 0.423 0.407 0.274 0.626
Cis-nonachlor 2 12 Above 0.217 0.216 0.212 0.221
7 14 Below 0.833 0.829 0.474 1.39
Trans-nonachlor 5 12 Above 0.717 0.672 0.255 1.39
11 14 Below 1.39 1.16 0.236 2.27
Oxychlordane 1 12 Above 0.551 0.551 0.551 0.551
5 12 Below 0.411 0.479 0.347 0.933
1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene 10 12 Above 1.54 1.38 0.729 2.52
9 12 Below 0.831 0.808 0.349 1.22

Concentrations in ng/g ww Min = minimum measured concentration; Max = maximum measured concentration.